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"Price Tag"
Song

"Price Tag" is a song by British recording artist Jessie J, featuring American rapper B.o.B. It was released on 28 January 2011 in the United Kingdom as the second single from Jessie J's debut studio album, Who You Are.[1] "Price Tag" was written by Jessie J, Dr. Luke, Claude Kelly and B.o.B, and it was produced by Dr. Luke. It serves as the album's lead single in the United States. An official remix features British rapper Devlin.[2] The song debuted at number one in the UK and Ireland, becoming Jessie J's first number-one single in both territories.[3][4] In the US, "Price Tag" debuted at number eighty-eight on the Billboard Hot 100.[5] The song has become Jessie J's biggest hit to date, charting at number one in the UK, Ireland and New Zealand

Jessie J has performed the song at a number of live performances, with other singers filling in for B.o.B or his verse being completely cut-out. The song has influences of reggae and features strong vocals from her. "Price Tag" has received generally positive reviews from critics. The video features an over-sized teddy bear, a money tree, and J as a ballerina in a large jewellery box.

Composition

"Price Tag" is an up-tempo, "feel good" track, inflected with reggae bounce and a sing-along chorus with strong vocals from Jessie J, slinky guitars, and a vintage backbeat.[6][7] Lyrically, the song is about Jessie J trying to make the world dance by forgetting about how much money we have.[6]

Critical reception

The song has received generally positive reviews from music critics. Popjustice gave the song a positive review, saying it was a "ridiculously addictive introduction to an effortlessly great, new(ish) talent."[8] The Guardian's Caspar Smith called both the song and J's previous single 'Do It Like A Dude' "planet-saving R&B-based hits-in-waiting."[9] AOL Radio's James Wells praised the song, saying that it "shows off the tirelessly upbeat, Motown-tinged singing and songwriting for which Jessie J has become known." He went on to contrast the song from other tracks from J's upcoming debut album Who You Are, calling it less aggressive and more "about the positive vibes."[7] Nick Levine of Digital Spy compared the song to Miley Cyrus's "Party in the U.S.A." (2009), which was co-written by Jessie J. He said, "Truth be told, 'Price Tag' does come off a little bit corny, but thanks in no small part to Jessie's spunky likability" and described it as a "sun-dappled, hip-hop-inflected midtempo head-nodder".[10]

Music video

The music video was directed by Emil Nava and was premiered on 30 January 2011.[11][12] The video begins closing up on a giant teddy bear that is missing an eye and an arm, before zooming out to show a child version of J sitting next to it, who then gets up and walks around the bear, turning her into her full-sized self. J is then shown standing and holding out her hands, and as the lyrics suggest, a coconut man and a moonhead appear on her outstretched hands. The video then goes back to J in the lap of the large teddy bear and shows various scenes of J holding up items that relate to the lyrics, including a huge price tag and pointing to left and the right. As the chorus begins, J is shown dancing under a tree with dollar bills covering its branches. A scene of J is then shown of her as a over-sized ballerina in a jewelry box. As J says the words "video hoes", a scene of her wearing the same outfit as in her "Do It Like a Dude" video and dancing holding her crotch, suggesting that she was not happy with the content of the video. J is next shown riding around on a small tricycle. As the song progresses into the second chorus, J and two background dancers are shown as marionettes, dancing to the song. The video then moves to B.o.B as his verse begins, showing him dancing in front of a beat up car, that starts jumping and moving to the beat. He is then shown standing in the middle of four large, toy green army men. As his verse ends, J is shown squeezed into a doll house and holding a glass doll that is missing part of its head. As the video goes into its final chorus, scenes of J are shown her dancing with B.o.B, laying on the floor missing a leg, sitting in an over-sized chair, and dressed up as a doll in a blue and white dress. The video ends with J closing the door to her doll house; with her still inside it, the camera carries on zooming out.

Live performances

J performed an acoustic version of the song on the BBC's Later... with Jools Holland.[13] "Price Tag" was also performed at the club Scala in London on 18 January 2011, with UK rapper Devlin performing B.o.B's verse.[14] The song was performed in the US for the first time in a New York club.[15] She performed the song, along with a track titled "Nobody's Perfect" from her upcoming debut album, in a studio session at Maida Vale studios for MistaJam.[16] Jessie J also performed Price Tag on The Graham Norton Show on 25th February and will also perform on Lets Dance for Comic Relief. Jessie also performed the song alongside B.o.B on Saturday Night Live on 12 March 2011,[17] making it her first performance on American television.[18]

Chart performance

The song debuted at number twelve in Ireland on 4 February 2011.[19] On 6 February 2011 the song debuted at number one in the United Kingdom, with first week sales of 84,000 copies. It became Jessie J's first number-one single. The song's charting also gave B.o.B his third UK number-one single.[3] "Price Tag" has become the first single to top the UK Singles Chart after being released to radio and retail on the same day, following a new "On Air, On Sale" initiative by Universal Music.[20][21] On its second week on the chart the song retained its number-one position by a margin of less than 5%, selling over 90,000 copies, preventing Lady Gaga's new single "Born This Way" and Chipmunk's "Champion" from debuting at number one.[22] In the United States, the song debuted at number eighty-eight on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week of March 16, 2011 and has so far reached number fifty-eight.[5] It went straight to number one in New Zealand.

Track listing

  1. "Price Tag" (Album Version) – 3:41
  2. "Price Tag" (Shux Remix featuring Devlin) – 3:27
  3. "Price Tag" (Benny Page Remix) – 4:29
  4. "Price Tag" (Doman & Gooding Remix) – 4:58
  5. "Price Tag" (Acoustic Version) – 3:19

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[25] 2
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[26] 28
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[27] 35
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[28] 6
Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100)[29] 48
Denmark (Tracklisten)[30] 24
France (SNEP)[31] 35
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[32] 4
Ireland (IRMA)[4] 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[33] 20
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[34] 1
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[35] 7
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[36] 45
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[37] 53
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[38] 18
UK Singles (OCC)[39] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[40] 54
US Billboard Heatseekers Songs[41] 1
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[42] 27

Release history

Region Date Format
United States 25 January 2011 Digital download[1]
United Kingdom 28 January 2011 Airplay, digital download[23]
7 March 2011 CD single[24]

References

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